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Virruvius,
L.S.Cbap.i.
Fa. Kircher
Muwiiu Sub-
temtneus.
Caffiodorus.
The Art of
"Fountains, by
Fa. Jean
Francois, Je-
fuite.
Palladium
Vallemont'*
tcculfSbyfick.
The Fourth Parti Chap. I.
IF you are near any Mountain, or Hill, you are almoft
fure of rinding Springs, unleis it be in a very dry and ftony
Country. Examine, firft of all, what Sort of Herbs cover
the Ground ; and if you find Reed, Creffes, wild Balm,
Silver-Weed, Bull-Rulhes, and other aquatick Herbs, 'tis a
certain Sign there is Water thereabouts, provided they grow
there of themfelves.
You may likewiie difcover hidden Springs, by lying
with your Belly upon the Ground before the Rifing of the
Sun, and holding up your Head, look along the Surface of
the Earth ; if you fee any moift Vapours rile in Waves from
any Place, you may dig there, with ibme Affurance of find-
ing Water.
Some lay, that Swarms of fmall Flies pitching upon the
Ground about one and the fame Place, are certain Signs that
there is Water in it; others advife to bore the Earth with
. long Iron Awgers, that by what is brought up in them, you
may judge of what is contain'd under Ground.
You ihould obferve that the Places where thefe Herbs are,
and where you find Vapours rife, be not moift upon their
Surface, as a Marfh is; for it would be to no purpofe to dig
there, fince fuch Waters iffue not from Springs, and are no
more than a Collection of Rain-Water, and the Meltings of
Snow. People have been a long time deluded by certain
Perlbns who pretend to find out Water by the Help of a
Hafel-Wand, called a 'Di'vining-Stick^ which is a ridiculous
Piece of Folly ; never thelefs it has had, and ftill has its Fol-
lowers, though but few.
But without fpending Time about the Notions of the
Ancients, Experience teaches us that the Afpect. of the Ground
alone is fufBcient to ihew us if there be Water in the Place,
if we confider the Situation and Nature of the Soil.
The moft favourable Situation for Springs is the Side of
a Hill, commanded by feveral neighbouring Heights, which
is in this cafe the Sink or Drain of all the Springs, and of the
Rain and Snow-Water fcattered upon thefe high Grounds.
As to the Nature of the Soil, it fhould be of a whitifh or
greenifh Colour, as Clay-grounds are, which by the Waters
running down from the Top of the Hills is removed and car-
5 ried
Virruvius,
L.S.Cbap.i.
Fa. Kircher
Muwiiu Sub-
temtneus.
Caffiodorus.
The Art of
"Fountains, by
Fa. Jean
Francois, Je-
fuite.
Palladium
Vallemont'*
tcculfSbyfick.
The Fourth Parti Chap. I.
IF you are near any Mountain, or Hill, you are almoft
fure of rinding Springs, unleis it be in a very dry and ftony
Country. Examine, firft of all, what Sort of Herbs cover
the Ground ; and if you find Reed, Creffes, wild Balm,
Silver-Weed, Bull-Rulhes, and other aquatick Herbs, 'tis a
certain Sign there is Water thereabouts, provided they grow
there of themfelves.
You may likewiie difcover hidden Springs, by lying
with your Belly upon the Ground before the Rifing of the
Sun, and holding up your Head, look along the Surface of
the Earth ; if you fee any moift Vapours rile in Waves from
any Place, you may dig there, with ibme Affurance of find-
ing Water.
Some lay, that Swarms of fmall Flies pitching upon the
Ground about one and the fame Place, are certain Signs that
there is Water in it; others advife to bore the Earth with
. long Iron Awgers, that by what is brought up in them, you
may judge of what is contain'd under Ground.
You ihould obferve that the Places where thefe Herbs are,
and where you find Vapours rife, be not moift upon their
Surface, as a Marfh is; for it would be to no purpofe to dig
there, fince fuch Waters iffue not from Springs, and are no
more than a Collection of Rain-Water, and the Meltings of
Snow. People have been a long time deluded by certain
Perlbns who pretend to find out Water by the Help of a
Hafel-Wand, called a 'Di'vining-Stick^ which is a ridiculous
Piece of Folly ; never thelefs it has had, and ftill has its Fol-
lowers, though but few.
But without fpending Time about the Notions of the
Ancients, Experience teaches us that the Afpect. of the Ground
alone is fufBcient to ihew us if there be Water in the Place,
if we confider the Situation and Nature of the Soil.
The moft favourable Situation for Springs is the Side of
a Hill, commanded by feveral neighbouring Heights, which
is in this cafe the Sink or Drain of all the Springs, and of the
Rain and Snow-Water fcattered upon thefe high Grounds.
As to the Nature of the Soil, it fhould be of a whitifh or
greenifh Colour, as Clay-grounds are, which by the Waters
running down from the Top of the Hills is removed and car-
5 ried